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Presents the 22nd Annual Summer ConferenceThe Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity

Science, Research, Limits of Bioethicsand The

Preconference Institutes June 15-18, 2015

ConferenCe June 18-20, 2015

Postconference Seminars June 22-24, 2015

Trinity International University Deerfield, IL USA

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The Center

the Center for Bioethics & human Dignity (CBhD) is a bioethics research center at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, that explores the nexus of biomedicine, biotechnology, and our common humanity. Within a Judeo-Christian Hippocratic framework, we anticipate, interpret, and engage the pressing bioethical issues of our day. As a center of rigorous research, theological and conceptual analysis, charitable critique, and thoughtful engagement, we bring clarity to the complex. Our summer conference is one of the premiere ways the Center highlights our bioethical engagement.

about The CeNTeR & CoNfeReNCe

Preconference Institutes: June 15 – 18 Preconference Workshops: June 17 & 18

Postconference Seminar: June 22 – 24 trinity International university, Deerfield, IL uSa

Cutting-edge innovations in medicine, science, and technology offer to improve health and quality of life, transforming lives in genuinely beneficial ways. Yet, these powerful advances also raise critical challenges in their implications for our individual and common humanity.

Join us as we examine the ethical dimensions of rapidly evolving arenas of medical and scientific research that continue to stretch the limits of contemporary bioethics, and as we explore fundamental questions of how science and science policy can function in the service of human flourishing for a medically and technologically sophisticated age.

Plenary speaker topics include: moral medicine amidst scientific revolutions; stem cells and regenerative medicine; affective computing & social robotics; genetics and gene therapy; moral enhancement; challenges at the frontlines of religion, science, and ethics; and emerging issues in the broader context of technology.

Conference objectiveIDeNTIfYIdentify the prospects and challenges for the evolving landscape of bioethical engagement within the context of shifting global and societal realities and advances in medicine and biotechnology.

explore & DiscussExplore & discuss the ethical implications of recent developments in medicine, science, and technology with respect to our individual and common humanity.

evaluateEvaluate contemporary bioethical discourses in light of ethical approaches that include philosophical, religious, and other perspectives from the medical humanities.

PromotePromote interdisciplinary engagement on pressing bioethical issues.

The Conference

CoNfeReNCe: JuNe 18-20

NIgeL CameRoN, PhD, mBa, is president of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET) in Washington, DC, a non-partisan and non-sectarian think tank. Dr. Cameron is a well-respected strategist and writer as well as an adviser to several technology companies. Before founding C-PET he was Research Professor & Associate Dean at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In the 1990s he served at Trinity International University, first as director of the PhD program and subsequently as first Provost. Dr. Cameron initiated the development of bioethics programs at Trinity, and convened the meeting that led to the establishment of CBHD.

maureen L. Condic, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Utah, School of Medicine, with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Condic’s primary research focus has been the development and regeneration of the nervous system. Her current research involves the control of human stem cell potency and differentiation. She has published and presented seminars nationally and internationally on science policy and bioethics, with recent presentations at Boston University (LaBrecque Lecture in Medical Ethics), Princeton University, and Belmont Abbey College (Cuthbert Allen lecturer) to name a few.

Robert P. george, JD, DPhil, is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He was elected Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and has served on the President’s Council on Bioethics, and as a presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He is the author or editor of numerous books in the fields of constitutional law, ethics, and legal and political philosophy. His articles have appeared in leading journals in law, philosophy, and political science.

fabrice Jotterand, PhD, ma, is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Care Ethics at Regis University and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Switzerland. Professor Jotterand’s scholarship includes numerous articles, editorials, book chapters, and reviews as well as lectures on topics including moral enhancement,

neurotechnologies, and human identity to name a few. He has edited three books, with his present scholarly project being a book that focuses on an examination of the ethical, clinical, and policy implications of the use of neurotechnologies relating to personality disorders.

C. Jimmy Lin, mD, PhD, mhS, is the Founder & President of Rare Genomics Institute (RGI), the world’s first platform to enable any community to leverage cutting-edge biotechnology to advance understanding of any rare disease. RGI helps custom design personalized research projects for rare diseases. Dr. Lin is also the Director of Clinical Genomics at the Genetics Branch of the National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute. Prior to this, he led the computational analysis of the first ever exome sequencing studies for any human disease at Johns Hopkins. He has had numerous publications in several leading journals.

Rosalind W. Picard, ScD, is founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and co-director of the Things That Think Consortium. She is also co-founder of Affectiva, Inc., and Empatica, Inc. She has became internationally known for constructing mathematical texture models for content-based retrieval of images, for creating new tools such as the Photobook system, and for pioneering methods of automated search and annotation in digital video. Professor Picard published the award-winning book Affective Computing, which was instrumental in starting a new field by that name.

Jennifer J. Wiseman, PhD, is an astronomer, author, and speaker. She directs the program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is also a senior astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where she studies the formation of stars and planets using radio, infrared, and optical telescopes. She received her BS in physics from MIT, discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987, and continued her studies at Harvard, earning a PhD in astronomy. She continued her research as a Jansky Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and as a Hubble Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University.

NIGEL CAMERON, PHD, MBA

plenary SPeakeRS

MAUREEN CONDIC, PHD

ROBERT P. GEORGE, JD, DPHIL

FABRICE JOTTERAND, PHD, MA

C. Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS

Rosalind W. Picard, ScD

Jennifer J. Wiseman, PhD

SCheDuLeTHURSDAY, JUNE 18

5:30 – 7:00pm registration and reception

7:00 – 7:45pm opening Session | Olson Chapel Framing the Discussion Michael J. Sleasman, PhD

7:45 – 8:45pm Plenary | Olson Chapel Robert P. George, JD, DPhil Princeton University

FRIDAY, JUNE 19

9:00 – 10:30am Plenary | Olson Chapel Maureen Condic, PhD – University of Utah Rosalind Picard, ScD – Affective Computing Group, MIT C. Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS – Rare Genomics Institute

10:30 – 12:00pm Workshops | Titles TBA americans united for Life with Anna Paprocki, JD CBhD with Michelle Kirtley, PhD CBhD with Joyce Shelton, PhD CMDa with William Cheshire, MD Joni & friends with Kathy McReynolds, PhD tenessee Center for Bioethics & Culture with D. Joy RIley, MD

12:00 – 1:30pm Lunch & Informal networking | Waybright Center

1:30 – 2:40pm Parallel Paper Sessions | Rodine Building

3:00 – 4:30pm Plenary | Olson Chapel Fabrice Jotterand, PhD Regis University

Panel | Olson Chapel Maureen Condic, PhD Rosalind Picard. ScD C. Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS Fabrice Jotterand, PhD

Moderator: Michelle Kirtley, PhD

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

9:00 – 10:00am Plenary | Olson Chapel Jennifer J. Wiseman, PhD NASA & American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

10:30 – 12:00pm Workshops | Titles TBA americans united for Life with Anna Paprocki, JD CBhD with Michelle Kirtley, PhD CBhD with Joyce Shelton, PhD CMDa with William Cheshire, MD Joni & friends with Kathy McReynolds, PhD tenessee Center for Bioethics & Culture with D. Joy RIley, MD 12:00 – 1:30pm Lunch & Informal networking | Waybright Center

1:30 – 2:40pm Parallel Paper Sessions | Rodine Building

3:00 – 4:00pm Plenary | Olson Chapel Nigel Cameron, PhD, MBA Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies

4:00 – 4:15pm Conference Close | Olson Chapel Paige Comstock Cunningham, JD

Visit cbhd.org for updates on titles, additional workshops, and more!

The preconference workshops, conference, and courses can be taken with or without academic credit and/or continuing education credit. Academic credit hours are offered through Trinity International University and can be credited toward degree programs at Trinity or transferred to other institutions. Academic credit cannot be requested after the event.

For more information, call 847.317.4095.

Preconference WorKSHoPS explore topics that are at the forefront of contemporary conversations in bioethics. The workshops are designed to be interactive and are an opportunity for lively discussion. Workshops are either a full or half day, depending on the workshop, June 17 or 18 on the Trinity campus. For more information on academic credit contact Jennifer McVey, jmcvey@cbhd.org.

Preconference InStItuteS will meet primarily from 9:00 am – 5:30 pm on the Trinity campus, June 15 – 18. Those wishing to attend the conference must register for the combined conference/institute package. The Preconference Institutes can be taken for 3-4 academic credits. All academic credit students are required to attend the conference as part of the course.

PoStconference SemInar will meet from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm on the Trinity campus, Monday through Wednesday immediately following the conference, June 22 – 24. Those wishing to attend the conference must register for the combined conference/seminar pack-age. The Postconference Seminar can be taken for 2–3 academic credits.

PReConfeRenCe WoRkSHoPS & CouRSeS

General course information

Preconference workshops

GenetIcS & reProductIon Preconference WorKSHoP | June 17

This workshop will examine cutting-edge ethical, legal, and social issues in genetics. Potential topics include biobanking, secondary use and consent, privacy, and incidental findings, as well as issues specifically related to fertility and reproduction such as preconceptive genetic screening and counseling.

Workshop led by C. Ben Mitchell, PhD

adVance care PlannInG Preconference WorKSHoP | tHurSdaY afternoon, June 18

This workshop will explore the legal and clinical aspects of advance care planning, with particular attention given to the ethical dimensions of such planning as well as an examination of traditional surrogate decision-making instruments such as advance directives, and emerging discussions surrounding POLST.

Workshop led by Edward Grant, JD

HealtHcare, ProfeSSIonalISm, and etHIcS Preconference WorKSHoP | tHurSdaY mornInG, June 18

This workshop will explore ethical issues relevant to the bedside delivery of healthcare, with special emphasis upon integrating professionalism, practical wisdom, and the goals of care.

Workshop led by Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD

PReConfeRenCe WoRkSHoPS & CouRSeS

Courses

Preconference InStItuteS

IntenSIVe BIoetHIcS InStItute | June 15-18 This course provides a graduate level survey of the field of bioethics, introducing competing ways of addressing bioethical issues in historical, philosophical, and theological perspectives. Topics include history of bioethics, competing ethical approaches, beginning-of-life issues, assisted reproduction, genetic intervention, end-of-life care, stem cell research, cloning, emerging technologies, and other bioethical challenges. All academic credit students must attend the conference.

Directed by D. Joy Riley, MD

adVanced BIoetHIcS InStItute | June 15-18 This course considers various approaches to bioethics in greater depth than the Intensive Institute (which should be taken first), as well as coverage of key cutting-edge bioethi-cal topics. Topics include biopolitics, feminist ethics, virtue ethics and moral theology, pediatric ethics, research ethics, genetics, and emerging technologies. All academic credit students must attend the conference.

Directed by Michael J. Sleasman, PhD

BaSIc BIoetHIcS for ProfeSSIonalS InStItute | June 17–18 An overview offered at the undergraduate and professional levels exploring key issues in bioethics with special interest for professionals in medicine, healthcare, media, and pasto-ral ministry. Topics include clinical ethics, stem cell research, cloning, biotechnologies, abortion, assisted reproduction, and end-of-life decision-making. The conference is included for all participants and academic credit students in this course.

Directed by Joyce Shelton, PhD

BIoetHIcS natIonal conference courSeBIoetHIcS natIonal conference

courSe | June 18–20 This course provides an additional academic perspective on the conference. It includes class meetings in conjunction with the conference, but most of the content will be the conference itself. Readings prior to the conference and assignments following will be required. It is only offered for academic credit.

Directed by Hans Madueme, MD, PhD

PoStconference SemInar

GloBal medIcIne & JuStIce SemInar | June 22–24 This course will provide an overview to concerns in global health and medicine and an introduction to general principles of justice, before examining ethical issues relevant to advanced topics in global medicine. Potential topics that may be explored include: globalization and infectious diseases, pharmaceuticals and justice, women’s health, rationing and resource allocation, cancer and care for an aging world, biotechnologies and hunger, and FBOs and the role of the Church.

Directed by C. Christopher Hook, MD, co-taught with Claretta Dupree, PhD

registration INfo

earlY BIrd feeS memBer non-memBer full-tIme Student*

Conference Only $269 $319 $130

One Day Conference

$85/Thursday $130/Friday $130/Saturday

$100/Thursday $150/Friday $150/Saturday

$50/Thursday $75/Friday $75/Saturday

Intensive or Advanced Institute $450 $500 $450

Half-Day Preconference Workshops $75 $125 $75

Full-Day Preconference Workshops

$125 $175 $75

Combined Preconference Workshops

$140 $230 $140

Basic Bioethics Institute $399 $399 $399

Postconference Seminar $269 $319 $269

Cancellations prior to May 31st

will incur a $15 processing fee. no refunds will be granted after May 31st. all prices listed for Insti-tutes, Preconference Workshops, and Seminars are the non-credit rate. If you desire to take a course for academic credit, please register through the Records Department at Trinity International University. If you are not currently a student at TIU and would like academic credit, contact the University’s Admissions Office, 1-800-345-8337.

*Full-time Students not attending the conference or courses for academic credit must present a copy of their student ID to the Event and Education Manager to receive the discounted price before the start of the confer-ence. If an ID is not received, the registrant will be charged the full registration fee. A scanned copy of an ID may be submitted to the Event & Education Manager via email at jmcvey@cbhd.org.

Conference Early bird fees prices increase after april 30, 2015

La Quinta inn & Suites

la QuInta Inn & SuIteS (Within walking distance)

room rates Per Night*: Weekdays: $83 | Weekends: $66Continental breakfast included

To Register:

Call 1-847-317-7300 and request the La Quinta Inn & Suites Chicago North Shore. Ask for the “CBHD Summer Conference Rate” or use group ID “70011247."

Reservations for La Quinta Inn & Suites must be made prior to May 20, 2015. Reservations made after the cut-off date will be made on a space available basis only. A discounted room rate is not guaranteed after this date.

Lodging

Discounted lodging is available. Reservations should be made directly with the hotel. If you prefer to make other housing arrangements, there are many hotels in various price ranges in the area.

homewood Suites

Homewood Suites (Lincolnshire, IL .5 miles from TIU campus, shuttle provided)

room rates Per Night*: One bedroom King Suite: $89 One bedroom Double Suite: $99 Continental breakfast included

Group Name: The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity Group Code: TRY

To place your reservation call 847-943-2341. Reservations for Homewood Suites must be made prior to May 28, 2015. Reservations made after the cut-off date will be made on a space available basis only. A discounted room rate is not guaran-teed after this date.*Tax not included in published room rates.

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